Self-compassion: cultivating physician resilience during the pandemic
The Canadian Society of Physician Leaders
This article by the Canadian Society of Physician Leaders highlights the importance of compassion and self-compassion and its impact on resilience and patient care. The resource summarizes the differences between empathy and compassion, the effects of compassion and self-compassion and the three core elements of self-compassion developed by Dr. Kristin Neff: self-kindness, common humanity and mindfulness.
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